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The whole compound is seen to be neutral (0 oxidation state) as there are no ''-/+'' which indicate the overall charge of the compound.

Although within almost all situations O has a -2 oxidation state. With this being now known and we know the whole compound is neutral (0) we can then see N must have the oxidation state of +2.

0 = (-2) + (+2)

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in the NO2- ion each oxygen atom is in its 2- oxidation state and the nitrogen atom is in its 3+ oxidation state.

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